Money or Legacy, episode three of Full Swing following on from ‘Frenemies‘ and ‘Win or Go Home‘, is Ian Poulter‘s episode. This piece will contain spoilers so stop reading now if you want to avoid them!
We were all excited to hear that Poulter, one of the most divisive, charistmatic and well known figures in the game, would be appearing on Netflix and this 40-minute episode follows him both on and off the course as he wrestles with the decision of choosing the money, ie LIV Golf, or the legacy, ie the PGA Tour and Ryder Cup.
Money or Legacy starts out very LIV heavy with footage of the series’ debut event at the Centurion Club near London and quote after quote about LIV or the Saudis from journalists, TV broadcasts and players. Norman, Khashoggi, sportswashing, Mickelson – it’s all mentioned.
Later on there’s footage of those awkward press conferences where players were asked about human rights and Poulter and Westwood were asked if they’d play a tournament organised by Vladimir Putin. This is definitely the most in-your-face LIV episode yet and Poulter will hope that it explains why he eventually left for the Saudi-funded breakaway tour.
The fans are introduced to Poulter as the Ryder Cup legend, and he hilariously sums up his love for the event and what his role in it has been after being asked a very obvious question if he likes playing in the Ryder Cup.
“Do bears s*** in the woods? Oh dear do you like playing in the Ryder Cup? Oh my god is the pope catholic?”
“I’ve never lost in singles in the Ryder Cup, so I’ve inflicted a lot of pain on the Americans that watch Ryder Cup. Yeah I’ve been that pain in the arse guy.”
“There does come a point in every person’s career where they start thinking, can I keep up with all these young guys coming through?” – Henni Koyack
It sets the scene of where Poulter is in his career in 2022. He’s a guy in his mid-to-late forties trying to compete against players up to 20 years younger than him, and you can see the frustration as he just can’t quite get out of himself what he wants and perhaps once could.
The clip of him launching some clubs in the locker room that features in the Full Swing trailer comes in this episode, after his defeat to Matt Fitzpatrick in the WGC-Match Play is filmed and he ultimately realises that he won’t be playing in The Masters.
“I watched Poults obviously do his thing at Medinah in 2012,” Fitzpatrick said. “If you said to me 10 years ago “In 10 years’ time you’ll be playing against him and you’ll…
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